seiichi hishikawa: colors and xylophone

a still from ‘colors’ by seiichi hishikawa © seiichi hishikawa

we have just received japanese filmmaker seiichi hishikawa’s most recent work, ‘colors’. the 4 minute 18 second film digitally crafted video was directed by hishikawa, co-designed by takaharu shimizu, and produced by takashi ueno. the precise soundscape was arranged by tatsuya yamada. in the piece, the flux in the music follows the shape of the brightly-colored graphic renderings as they shift and move across the screen. the impression of hishikawa’s experience in the music industry is evident throughout the entirety of his body of work, yet in in ‘colors’, the director accentuates this feature within his artistic approach. ‘colors’ is a minimalistic and futuristic visualization of sound.

‘colors’, 2011 © seiichi hishikawa

a still from ‘colors’ by seiichi hishikawa© seiichi hishikawa

the colors move across the screen in time with the music© seiichi hishikawa

hishikawa recently gained international notoriety for his short film ‘xylophone’ released in 2011 to promote the touch wood SH-08C mobile phone by the japanese company NTT domoco. the well-received project was awarded in three separate categories at cannes lions.

‘xylophone’, 2011© seiichi hishikawa